Re: The philosophy of computation reformulates existing ideas on a new basis

On 11/12/2024 5:22 AM, Mikko wrote:

On 2024-11-11 15:15:09 +0000, olcott said:
 

On 11/11/2024 5:06 AM, Mikko wrote:

On 2024-11-09 14:56:14 +0000, olcott said:
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On 2024-11-08 14:39:20 +0000, olcott said:
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On 2024-11-07 16:39:57 +0000, olcott said:
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On 2024-11-06 15:26:06 +0000, olcott said:
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On 2024-11-05 13:18:43 +0000, olcott said:
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On 2024-11-03 15:13:56 +0000, olcott said:
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On 11/3/2024 7:04 AM, Mikko wrote:

On 2024-11-02 12:24:29 +0000, olcott said:
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HHH does compute the mapping from its input DDD
to the actual behavior that DDD specifies and this
DOES INCLUDE HHH emulating itself emulating DDD.

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Yes but not the particular mapping required by the halting problem.

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Yes it is the particular mapping required by the halting problem.
The exact same process occurs in the Linz proof.

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The halting probelm requires that every halt decider terminates.
If HHH(DDD) terminates so does DDD. The halting problmen requires
that if DDD terminates then HHH(DDD) accepts as halting.

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void Infinite_Loop()
{
   HERE: goto HERE;
   return;
}
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No that is false.
The measure is whether a C function can possibly
reach its "return" instruction final state.

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Not in the original problem but the question whether a particular strictly
C function will ever reach its return instruction is equally hard. About

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It has always been about whether or not a finite string input
specifies a computation that reaches its final state.

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Not really. The original problem was not a halting problem but Turing's

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Exactly. The actual Halting Problem was called that by Davis
in 1952. Not the same as Turing proof.

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In early times there was variation in how things were presented and what
words were used. Post had studied the halting problem of his tag system
much earlier but didn't call it a machine. Many other problems were also
studied and later found to be more or less related to the halting
problem and its variants.
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*So we are back to The Halting Problem itself*
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has always been about whether or not a finite string input
specifies a computation that reaches its final state.

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No, it has been a collection of related problems that includes that
particular one.

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The halting problem has always been abuut halting

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Nevertheless Turing's solution to his circularity problem is usually
regarded as the first solution to the halting problem.
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As the problems are related and equally hard it does
not really matter which one you choose as long as you are clear
about your choice. To argue about the meaning of words id a clear
indcation of an intent to avoid an honest discussion.

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It is not the meaning of words it is the semantic
property of the finite string pair HHH/DDD.

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Above you have argued about the meanings of the words and
keep doing so below.

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It is the meaning of the bytes of x86 code and
bytes of code are not words.

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No, nothing you have said tells anuything about meanings of the bytes
of x86 code. (A pair of such bytes is sometimes called a "word").
You were just arguing about the meanings the verb "halt" and other
words.

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Halt means reaching a final halt state to say otherwise
is ignorant or dishonest.

 The exact definition of "halt" varies depending on the model.
For a Turing machine halting means reaching a configuration
where where there is no rule for the state and current symbol.

Since we are only talking about Turing Machines and C functions
there is no need to get into other models.

For a C program it is more ambiguous as there are situations
where the language standard does not specify whether the execution
should be terminated or continued.

Reaching the "return" instruction final halt state <is>
the only normal termination for a C function.
If you want to get silly you can say that a C function stuck
in an infinite loop "halts" when you yank the computer's power
cord out. That is just not what is meant by halting. In software
engineering terms "halting" is only normal termination.

THere is similar ambiguity in
x86 semantics as there are operation codes that are defined on
some x86 processor models but undefined on others, and it is
also undefined what happens on a jump to a address in a
non-exstent or uninitialised memory.
 

_DDD()
[00002172] 55         push ebp      ; housekeeping
[00002173] 8bec       mov ebp,esp   ; housekeeping
[00002175] 6872210000 push 00002172 ; push DDD
[0000217a] e853f4ffff call 000015d2 ; call HHH(DDD)
[0000217f] 83c404     add esp,+04
[00002182] 5d         pop ebp
[00002183] c3         ret
Size in bytes:(0018) [00002183]
Anyone with sufficient understanding of the x86 language
fully well knows that no DDD emulated by any HHH can
possibly reach past its own [0000217a] machine address.
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